What is your opinion of our statement that the Salafi methodology of da'wah is based on education and purification, and that this methodology requires tools for its implementation, such as Islamic knowledge?

The questioner: Well, Shaykh, in the Salafi da'wah, the methodology is based on education and purification. This methodology requires tools for its implementation, meaning, for example, Islamic knowledge, by which purification is achieved, then education, by which the application of Islamic knowledge is realized, and then, after a person is educated in the guidance of Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), he begins to convey the message to people. Do we agree on these three tools, our Shaykh? And if so, please elaborate on them a little?

The Shaykh: I do not know. It seems there is some ambiguity in the question. The terms "purification" and "education" originate from us. How can you ask for agreement on what is originally from us?

The questioner: My intention is, well, regarding purification and education, the tools of purification and education, for example, that a person should focus on Islamic knowledge.

The Shaykh: Did you hear the lecture concerning these two terms, or did you not hear it?

The questioner: I heard it, I heard it.

The Shaykh: We say in this tape and in all gatherings—give me a moment of calm—we say this term to affirm that the method of other groups does not yield the goal they claim. Every group that wants to establish the rule of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) on earth must focus on these two points: purification and education. We say that achieving purification requires hundreds, indeed thousands, of specialized scholars in understanding Islam correctly, to raise the awareness of Muslims in all the lands of the world. This is the original intent of the term "purification." Who performs the purification? Scholars or the ignorant? Without doubt, scholars. So where are the scholars today who perform this obligatory duty of purification and education? We mean purification, first and foremost, of the creed, from the deviations that entered it due to the science of kalam, due to weak and fabricated hadiths, and the like. This aspect alone requires hundreds of scholars spread across the land of Islam so that there is awareness in the Muslim community. And I mention on this occasion the hadith: the maidservant who was a shepherd for her master, grazing his sheep in one of the mountains. Her master said: "The wolf attacked my sheep one day, and I am a human being; I get angry as humans get angry, so I struck her a blow." And it seemed he regretted it, "so he came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said to him: O Messenger of Allah, upon me is the freeing of a believing slave." He said to him: هاتها Bring her.. When she came, he said to her (peace be upon him): أين الله ؟ Where is Allah?. She said: "In the sky." He said to her: مَن أنا ؟ Who am I?. She said: "You are the Messenger of Allah." He said: اعتقها ؛ فإنها مؤمنة Free her; for she is a believer., I am saying now, ask the scholars of Al-Azhar, which is the source of knowledge in the present age, as it was until recently, ask them: Where is Allah?
: And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, welcome.

The questioner: Praise be to Allah for your safety.

The Shaykh : May Allah keep you safe.

The questioner: How is your health, my professor?

The Shaykh : By Allah, she is well, praise be to Allah.

The questioner: Inform us...

The Shaykh: How are you? Praise be to Allah. May Allah bless you. Praise be to Allah for your safety.

The questioner: May Allah keep you safe, brothers...

The Shaykh : How are you?

The questioner: They send their greetings to you, especially the brother... the brother Abu Ishaq al-Huwayni.

The Shaykh: He was also there.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh: What Allah willed for you and peace upon them.

The questioner: The brother Abu Abdullah Ali Khashan sends you his greetings.

The Shaykh : And to you, and upon him be peace.

The questioner: And another group.

The Shaykh: Peace be upon you and upon them.

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh: To the scholars of Al-Azhar, indeed to all the scholars of the world other than the Salafis and other than the Tawhid group in Saudi Arabia, because they first denied the question, because they denied the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and they did not know the direction of that question, "Where is Allah?" to the maidservant, and consequently because they denied the maidservant's answer. The Muslim scholar today lives in this wrong concept. So who performs this purification? And this is one example of hundreds of examples. Purification concerns the creed, it concerns worship, it concerns behavior. This is a very large project that requires countless scholars with correct scientific capabilities based on the Book and the Sunnah—peace be upon you.

The questioner: The program, my Shaykh...

The Shaykh: Hey, you are safe.

The questioner: Peace...

The Shaykh: Heh, a handshake, a handshake.

The questioner: The peace from the handshake, I mean.